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paddock

/ˈpædək/ noun C1
  1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals. (figuratively)
  2. An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
  3. An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
  4. A field on which a game is played; a playing field. (slang)

Plural paddocks

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But on the third morning after his arrival in Hertfordshire, she saw him from her dressing-room window enter the paddock, and ride towards the house.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 310 · B2

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